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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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